Why did Franklin Roosevelt attempt to appoint six additional justices

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Rebecca Nelson · Answer 1 · 2021-09-20T16:10:43+0000

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Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the Court had ruled unconstitutional. ... The bill came to be known as Roosevelt's "court-packing plan."

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